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Overview

Milada Anna Vachudova is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily spans the Social Sciences, with a specialized focus on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, and Communication.

Their scholarly work addresses multiple facets of political dynamics, notably populism, right-wing movements, electoral systems and political participation, as well as European Union policy and governance. Additional topics of interest include European politics and security, social policy and reform studies, post-Soviet geopolitical dynamics, and European and Russian geopolitical military strategies.

Vachudova's recent publications demonstrate engagement with contemporary political phenomena and trends. Selected papers include:

  • "Ethnopopulism and democratic backsliding in Central Europe," 2020, published in East European Politics
  • "Populism, Democracy, and Party System Change in Europe," 2021, published in Annual Review of Political Science
  • "Chapel Hill Expert Survey trend file, 1999-2019," 2021, published in Electoral Studies
  • "Contesting Covid: The ideological bases of partisan responses to the Covid-19 pandemic," 2022, published in European Journal of Political Research
  • "The Russian threat and the consolidation of the West: How populism and EU-skepticism shape party support for Ukraine," 2024, published in European Union Politics

Vachudova frequently collaborates with other scholars in the field. Key co-authors include:

  • Liesbet Hooghe
  • Ryan Bakker
  • Jonathan Polk
  • Jan Rovný
  • Marco R. Steenbergen

Their work is published in a variety of academic venues, reflecting a diverse dissemination of research findings. Notable frequent publication venues include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Electoral Studies
  • East European Politics and Societies and Cultures
  • East European Politics
  • Annual Review of Political Science

Best Publications

  • Measuring party positions in Europe: The Chapel Hill expert survey trend file, 1999-2010

    Ryan Bakker;Catherine de Vries;Erica Edwards;Liesbet Hooghe

  • Explaining the salience of anti-elitism and reducing political corruption for political parties in Europe with the 2014 Chapel Hill Expert Survey data

    Jonathan Polk;Jan Rovny;Ryan Bakker;Erica Edwards

  • Europe Undivided: Democracy, Leverage, and Integration After Communism

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  • National Interests, State Power, and EU Enlargement

    Andrew Moravcsik;Milada A Vachudova

  • Reliability and validity of the 2002 and 2006 Chapel Hill expert surveys on party positioning

    Liesbet Hooghe;Ryan Bakker;Anna Brigevich;Catherine De vries

  • Chapel Hill Expert Survey trend file, 1999–2019

    Seth Jolly;Ryan Bakker;Liesbet Hooghe;Gary Marks

  • Understanding the illiberal turn: democratic backsliding in the Czech Republic*

    Seán Hanley;Milada Anna Vachudova

  • Catching Up? Consolidating Liberal Democracy in Bulgaria and Romania after EU Accession

    Aneta B. Spendzharova;Milada Anna Vachudova

  • Tempered by the EU? Political parties and party systems before and after accession

    Milada A. Vachudova

  • Ethnopopulism and democratic backsliding in Central Europe

    Milada Anna Vachudova

  • Democracy in the Post-Communist World: An Unending Quest?

    Grzegorz Ekiert;Jan Kubik;Milada Anna Vachudova

  • Postcommunist politics in a magnetic field: How transition and EU accession structure party competition on European integration

    Milada A Vachudova;Liesbet Hooghe;Liesbet Hooghe

  • Corruption and Compliance in the EU's Post‐Communist Members and Candidates

    Milada Anna Vachudova

  • EU Leverage and National Interests in the Balkans: The Puzzles of Enlargement Ten Years On

    Milada Anna Vachudova

  • Are Transitions Transitory? Two Types of Political Change in Eastern Europe Since 1989:

    Milada Anna Vachudová;Tim Snyder

  • Do expert surveys produce consistent estimates of party stances on European integration?: Comparing expert surveys in the difficult case of Central and Eastern Europe

    Stephen Whitefield;Milada Anna Vachudova;Marco R. Steenbergen;Robert Rohrschneider

  • From Competition to Polarization in Central Europe: How Populists Change Party Systems and the European Union

    Milada Anna Vachudova

  • The Leverage of International Institutions on Democratizing States: Eastern Europe and the European Union

    Milada Anna Vachudova

  • Populism, Democracy, and Party System Change in Europe

    Milada Anna Vachudova

  • Contesting covid: The ideological bases of partisan responses to the Covid‐19 pandemic

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  • Centre—Right Parties and Political Outcomes in East Central Europe

    Milada Anna Vachudova

  • Strategies for Democratization and European Integration in the Balkans

    Milada Anna Vachudova

  • Liberal Intergovernmentalism, Illiberalism and the Potential Superpower of the European Union

    Sophie Meunier;Milada Anna Vachudova

  • The Czech Republic: The Unexpected Force of Institutional Constraints

    Milada Anna Vachudová

Frequent Co-Authors

Liesbet Hooghe
Liesbet Hooghe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Gary Marks
Gary Marks University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Marco R. Steenbergen
Marco R. Steenbergen University of Zurich
Andrew Moravcsik
Andrew Moravcsik Princeton University
Stephen Whitefield
Stephen Whitefield University of Oxford
Robert Rohrschneider
Robert Rohrschneider University of Kansas
Sophie Meunier
Sophie Meunier Princeton University
John Zysman
John Zysman University of California, Berkeley
Dimitry Kochenov
Dimitry Kochenov Central European University

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